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Abduct
- verb - pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Abrupt
- adjective - curt
- exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
- extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
- marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"
- surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
Acquit
- verb - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
Adaunt
- - To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate.
Adduct
- noun - a compound formed by an addition reaction
- draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
Adjust
- verb - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
- make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
Amount
- noun -
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
- be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"
- develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
Arouet
- noun - French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)